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Ms. Wegis from King City, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Year of the Rabbit Needs Jackie Robinson!

My students need 35 copies of "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" for our upcoming Chinese New Year unit.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

We are having to use old copies of The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson that are being held together with rubber bands!

My students are migrant and low income Hispanic students.

Many are new to the country and feel "lost" academically and socially. They are highly motivated, eager, and generous to a fault. They strive daily to be better students and citizens. To know them is a gift.

My Project

My students need 35 copies of The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson for our upcoming Chinese New Year unit. We read The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson for many reasons. The first and foremost is to provide insight into the Chinese culture. In addition, it provides perspective on life in America and China in the late 1940's. The book is an excellent opener for discovering baseball as our national pastime. Finally, and most powerfully, through the main character, students can relate to the struggles of learning a new language, making friends in a new school, and the importance and power of tolerance.

It is vital that students have literature that students can connect with.

This builds life long learners and readers. The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson continues, after many years, to be the book that former students consistently refer back to with fondness and empathy.

Ms. Wegis Del Rey Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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King City, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

27 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.12 35 $179.20

Materials cost

$179.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$233.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.17

Total project goal

$274.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $274.46

1 Donor

-$274.46

Donations toward project cost

-$233.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.17

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